1、One language sets you in a corridor for life.Two languages open every door along the way.Frank Smith一门语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言则为你开启人生旅途的所有。弗兰克史密斯Listening&Speaking P59-61Unit 5 Languages around the WorldArabic(Egypt)Japanese(Japan)English and Maori(New Zealand)Spanish(Spain)Danish(Denmark)Portuguese(Brazil)
2、Korean(Korea)Spanish(Mexico)What language do people speak in different countries?Which languages are spoken in these countries?Brandenburg Gate Berlin,GermanyLouvre Museum Paris,FranceHello!Hollo!Bonjour!the CN Tower Toronto,CanadaActivity 1 What countries do the pictures stand for?EnglishGermanFren
3、ch Which languages are spoken in these countries?Red Square Moscow,RussiaTaj Mahal Agra,IndiaRoyal Palace of Madrid Madrid,Spain!iHola!?枸Activity 1 What countries do the pictures stand for?RussianIndian/EnglishSpanishListen to a speech and tick the two languages with the most native speakers.Russian
4、ChineseKorean JapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchActivity 2 Listen to a speech and circle the official languages of the United Nations UN.RussianChineseKorean JapaneseSpanishArabicEnglishFrenchActivity 3 Listen to the speech again.And answer the questions.1.What is the main topic of this speech?A.Lea
5、rning a foreign language B.The ways to learn foreign languages2.There are _ languages in the world.3._ billion people speak the UNs official languages as their native or second language.4.What is the attitude of the speaker towards foreign language learning?A.Objective B.Skeptical(怀疑的)C.Supportive D
6、.Unconcerned Nearly 7,000Around 2.8 To some students,it seems that only foreign language to learn is English.There are,however,nearly 7,000 languages in the world.Learning English is very useful,but it is wise to learn at least one other foreign language,if possible.There are many reasons why people
7、 learn a foreign language.Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN,as they think it means better job chances in the future.Listening text They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as their native or second languages.Some students,though,choose to study a langua
8、ge because of family or friends.One American girl chose to learn Danish because her grandparents were from Denmark.When she was little,her grandpa used to read letters to her in Danish from their relatives in Denmark.Another young lady started learning French because she had several friends from Afr
9、ican countries where French is spoken.What do you think?Which other language would you choose to study and why?Listening text Activity 4 Listen to the speech again.What do the italicised(斜体的斜体的)words refer to in the sentences?ReferencePronouns(it,they,she,etc.)refer to sth or sb mentioned earlier.Pa
10、y attention to the context of words to help you understand what the pronouns refer to.1They think it means better job chances in the future.2They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people.“They”means students;and“it”means a foreign language.“They”means six UN official languages-Arabic,Chinese,English,
11、French,Russian,and Spanish.Listening text1.There are many reasons why people learn a foreign language.Many students choose to study one of the languages that are spoken at the UN.As they think it means better job chance in the future.2.The UN has six official languages:Arabic,Chinese,English,French,
12、Russian and Spanish.They are spoken by around 2.8 billion people as thier native or second languages.Enjoy a short videoWhich languages do you think are officially used here?02At a United Nations General Assembly meeting.English,Chinese,French,Spanish,Arabic and Russian are officially used there.01D
13、o you know where the photo was taken?Activity 5 Pair-work Discuss which other language(s)you want to learn and why.Discuss which other language(s)you want to learn and why.Example:A:What language do you want to study?B:I really want to study French.I think that the French language sounds beautiful.A
14、:Why?Do you want to go to France some day?B:Yes,Id love to.Also,French is used by many international organizations around the world.Do you know that FIFAs full name is in French?A:Oh,I remember that.But I dont know how to pronounce it.Activity 5 Pair-work Pronunciationschedule hostile either address
15、direct laboratory advertisement shone1.Work in pairs.Read the words to each other and see if you pronounce them differently.schedule hostile either address edjul/hstal a dres skedul hstl ir dres direct laboratory advertisement shone darekt lbrtri dvtsmnt n drekt lbrtri dvrtazmnt n 2.Listen and pay a
16、ttention to how the speakers pronounce them.PronunciationPronunciation3.Listen to the paragraph read by two different speakers.Which speaker has a British accent and which has an American accent?English is a crazy language.There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;neither apple nor pine in pi
17、neapple.English muffins werent invented in England or French fries in France.Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads,which arent sweet,are meat.We find that quicksand can work slowly,boxing rings are square,and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it pig.And why is it that writers write.but hammers dont ham?(Richard Lederer)Thank you!
